Sun of Hummingbirds

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This rectangular Coast Salish design depicts the sun flanked by four hummingbirds. The two round u-forms at the ends of the design suggest red flower petals. Rufous Hummingbirds, one of two species of hummingbird that migrate to Coast Salish territory in the early spring, are drawn to red colors, mistaking anything red for flower petals from which the can feed on nectar. As a contemporary Coast Salish artist, I have always been fascinated by hummingbirds because of their beautiful appearance, small size, and unique way of flying. Whenever I hEAR hummingbirds swooping down around wooded areas, I am reminded that spring and warm weather have arrived. --lessLIE

The gallery is a short walk from Victoria's Inner Harbour, half a block

up from Government Street, and across from the Bay Centre.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Alcheringa Galleryhonoursthe original occupants of this place, and the indigenous artists we are proud to represent, by acknowledging, with the utmost respect, the Lekwungen-speaking peoples on whoseuncededand traditional territory the gallery stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt, andWSÁNEĆNations whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.